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Author of several well-received Process Engineering Guides in Heat Transfer, Peter Hills brings more than 25 years of experience in a variety of thermal applications. The book provides a practical insight into the design, operations, specification, and purchasing of heat transfer equipment. The engineer is led through logical understanding of all processes involved and taught to distinguish the practical applications from the computer codes. Covers a wide and detailed variety of process and power equipment.
340 pages, © 2005
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CHAPTER 1 - HEAT EXCHANGER SELECTION |

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| 1.2.1 Limitations to the Shell and tube design |
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| 1.2.2 Obstacles to Innovation |
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1.3 FACTORS INFLUENCING SELECTION |
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| 1.3.2 Operating Limitation |
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| 1.3.3 Materials of Construction |
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| 1.3.4 Fouling and Cleaning |
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| 1.3.5 Safety and Reliability |
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| 1.3.6 Inspection, Maintenance and Repairs |
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| 1.3.8 Dimensions and Weight |
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| 1.4.1 Shell and Tube Exchangers |
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| 1.4.2 Cylindrical Block graphite exchangers |
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| 1.4.3 Cubic Graphite Block Heat Exchangers |
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| 1.4.4 Air cooled heat exchangers |
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| 1.4.5 Gasketed Plate and Frame changers |
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| 1.4.6 Spiral Plate Exchangers |
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| 1.4.7 Tube in Duct Exchangers |
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| 1.4.8 Plate-fin Heat Exchangers |
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| 1.4.9 Scraped surface/wiped film exchangers |
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| 1.4.10 Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger (PCHE) |
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| 1.4.11 Welded or Brazed Plate |
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| 1.4.11.1 Plate and Frame Type |
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| 1.4.14 Fired Process Heaters |
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| 1.4.15.1 Types of Regenerator |
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| 1.4.15.2 Thermal storage media |
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